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2012 was a rough year for the Colorado Rockies: between the NL lowest 5.22 ERA, an ultimately poor defense, and position players beset by injury, the Rockies struggled to get by with a 64-98 season.
Lefty phenom Julio Urias is getting called up for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which is remarkable because he's NINETEEN. 19!! Which makes us wonder...
Lefty phenom Julio Urias is getting called up for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which is remarkable because he's NINETEEN. 19!! Which makes us wonder...
It is nearing the end of May, and there are still many double takes coming from baseball fans taking a glance at the National League West scorecard so far. Roughly a month and a half into the season, with just over 40 games played, the Rockies aren’t in the cellar.
A version of this story appeared in the ESPN SweetSpot Blog. Coming off a five game winning streak along with a sweep of the New York Mets at home, there was a lot of excitement going into this recent Rockies road trip.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The inaugural WBSC Premier12™ in November 2015 recorded the highest volume of online engagement/discussion in Taiwan for the six-month period of October 2015 to March 2016, in the category of entertainment...
If you listen to Colorado Rockies pitching coach Steve Foster you might assume his office is full of motivational posters. That’s just the way he is wired as a coach. The way he approaches conversations and development is about more than results.
Now is the time where we start looking back on offseason trades to see who won them. In late January, the Rockies shipped OF Corey Dickerson and 3B prospect Kevin Padlo to the Rays for LHP Jake McGee and RHP prospect German Marquez.
Now is the time where we start looking back on offseason trades to see who won them. In late January, the Rockies shipped OF Corey Dickerson and 3B prospect Kevin Padlo to the Rays for LHP Jake McGee and RHP prospect German Marquez.
We try not to get too stern here at Rockies Zingers. Baseball’s supposed to be a fun game after all. Sure, we’ll get serious. We’ll walk through the numbers with the best of them, dissecting a player and critiquing their performance.
The Atlanta Braves are firmly entrenched as having the worst major league roster in baseball right now. While it is only May, I am one of many who believe that they will continue to sell big this trade season.
The New York Mets hold a special place in the history of the Colorado Rockies, on a sunny, slightly windy early April day in 1993, the Rockies played their first major league game ever against the Mets at Shea Stadium.
to White Sox from Braves:
to Braves from White Sox:
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The year was 2009, and Colorado Rockies fans were settled deep into one of two metaphorical trenches opposing one another over a vast hellscape cluttered with broken numbers and inundated with a hazy fog of grit.